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The Deep Six in Week 4 of the Bottom of the Barrel Series rankings, with first-place vote in parentheses:
1. WESTERN KENTUCKY (1)Record: 0-9Last week’s ranking: 1Last week’s result: lost to Troy 20-40This week’s game: at Louisiana-Monroe (5-4) 2. RICERecord: 0-9Last week’s ranking: 2Last week’s result: lost to SMU 28-31This week’s game: vs. Tulane (3-6) 3. NEW MEXICORecord: 0-9Last week’s ranking: 3Last week’s result: lost to Utah 15-45This week’s game: vs. BYU (7-2) 4. SAN JOSE STATERecord: 1-7Last week’s ranking: 6Last week’s result: lost to Nevada 7-62This week’s game: at Utah State (2-7) 5. THE MAC PACK(Akron, Ball State, Eastern Michigan, Miami-Ohio)Record: 4-33Last week’s ranking: 4Last week’s results: Akron upset Kent State 28-20; Ball State was idle; Eastern Michigan lost to Northern Illinois 6-50; Miami-Ohio lost to Temple 32-34.This week’s games: Akron (2-7) vs. Temple (7-2); Ball State (1-8) at Northern Illinois (6-3); Eastern Michigan (0-9) vs. Western Michigan (4-6); Miami-Ohio (1-9) vs. Bowling Green (4-5). 6. WASHINGTON STATERecord: 1-8Last week’s ranking: 5Last week’s result: lost to Arizona 7-48This week’s game: vs. UCLA (4-5)ALSO RECEIVING VOTES: SEC referees; Oklahoma’s offense; Jimmie Johnson wrecking on Lap 3; teams with 2-8 records making the high school football playoffs; H1N1.NOTES: Rice’s three-point loss at SMU was the Owls’ first moral victory of the season. … San Jose State’s 55-point loss at home to Nevada impressed the BOBS voter, who jumped the Spartans up from sixth to fourth. … At 2-7, Akron is in danger of being evicted from the MAC Pack. … Eastern Michigan was outscored 113-33 in two games over a five-day span.David Thomas, 817-390-7760
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